Sibelius - Norden, Op. 90 No. 1 (Runeberg)

Freund and Tommi Hakala here find an attractively intimate, chamber route into these songs, short-changing on neither enjoyment nor pain…this new collection, with well-balanced natural recording... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016 More…

Imbrailo is an excellent guide throughout. The singing is technically impressive and the voice is youthful and focused, virile but with a constant hint of vulnerability…Bigger, grander (and... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2018 More…

Camilla Tilling uses her light lyric soprano to trace the echoes and glints of folksong in the melodic shape and harmonic underpinning of many of these songs of the North. Minimal vibrato and... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2015 More…

Compellingly shaped and hugely accomplished recital — BBC Music Magazine More…